Player Dossier

2022-2025

Nebraska

DeShon Singleton

DB • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Amite, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DeShon Singleton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

82%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

87

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

DeShon Singleton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Amite, LA wearing No. 8, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of DeShon Singleton's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.9817

Stephenville · Stephenville, TX

Committed To
Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

DeShon Singleton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nebraska. DeShon Singleton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
163
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

DeShon Singleton quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · DB
Career Tackles
163
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
4-star · Stephenville · Texas
High school pipeline
Stephenville · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
70 tackles · DB 51st (top 6%) · Big Ten 36th (top 5%) · National 271st (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNebraska23-0--038.6
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska4192.50-1048.4
2024 PostseasonNebraska134-0-1030.5
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska136710-2030.5
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska12704124063.5

Related Context

DeShon Singleton played DB for Nebraska. Across 4 tracked seasons, DeShon Singleton recorded 163 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 13 primary output with 35.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 35.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

35.1

Usage

9.5

Consistency

39.7

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 0.5. Akron: 2. Houston Christian: 0.5. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 2. Maryland: 1. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 0. USC: 1. UCLA: 3. Penn State: 3. Iowa: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 7 by 34.2. Akron: 3 by 32.5. Houston Christian: 2 by 13.3. Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Michigan State: 6 by 45. Maryland: 5 by 30.8. Minnesota: 7 by 29.2. Northwestern: 4 by 16.7. USC: 6 by 35. UCLA: 11 by 75.8. Penn State: 10 by 71.7. Iowa: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

75.8 vs UCLA

Result
Fri 11/28vs IowaL 16-4043000
Sun 11/23@ Penn State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-37109210
Sun 11/9@ UCLA10+ tackles · Splash gameW 28-21118101
Sat 11/1vs USCL 17-2163001
Sat 10/25vs NorthwesternW 28-2142000
Sat 10/18@ MinnesotaL 6-2474000
Sat 10/11@ MarylandW 34-3153001
Sat 10/4vs Michigan StateSplash gameW 38-27640020
Sat 9/20vs MichiganL 27-3052000
Sat 9/13vs Houston ChristianW 59-7210.5000
Sat 9/6vs AkronSplash gameW 68-032001
Fri 8/29@ CincinnatiW 20-17730.5000

Player Story

DeShon Singleton story

DeShon Singleton built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Amite, LA wearing No. 8, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of DeShon Singleton's career was his defensive production: 163 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 31 career games in the available record. That gives DeShon Singleton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Nebraska

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNebraska06.31.2
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska3.528.68.13.5
2024 PostseasonNebraska526.65.61.5
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska526.65.60
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska1335.19.58

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 98 UCLA

Week 11 · W 28-21 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 15 Penn State

Week 13 · L 10-37 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

3

Havoc Plays

90.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 4 · W 28-14

1.5

Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Rutgers

Week 6 · W 14-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 82 Michigan State

Week 6 · W 38-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

13 primary output · 35.1 efficiency · 9.5 usage

63.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · Nebraska

48.4

3.5 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Nebraska

38.6

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games